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[quote name='Sojiro47'][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Your choice. What do I care. Along the same lines as organic clones, if you clone yourself and have sex with the clone, is that: a)Masturbation b)Incest c)Homosexual sex Just one of those random side questions.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]Two words - female clone. Actually, if I actually had the time money power will and ability to create a clone of myself, considering the extreme that it exists at I would also get a sex-change operation so that it would be homosexual incest, but now we'd both be female, and after all, I've always wanted a little sister who was in love with me. However, the clone won't pop out looking like you or anything, it has to grow up and all, so I'd still have to wait like 15 years and by then I'll be thirty and the whole plan's gone to ****. But a clone has a concousness and stuff, so calling that masturbation is just plain ****** up, and I would consider that descrimination against my clone. [/COLOR]

[quote name='indifference'][COLOR="Indigo"]I already figured that you were [I]bored[/I] with it DB. :p Also, I was only talking about the part with the count, not the entire rpg. I can understand that you have school and such, but it's no fun when the creator gets [I]bored [/I]with the rpg. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but it does reflect on whether or not one would join another rpg that you create. That's something you might want to think about should you start another one. [spoiler]After all, that's twice now, for me that is, being in an rpg that you got[I] bored[/I] with. [/spoiler][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]>_> The last one lacked any plans, this one was planned too thoroughly. Like I said, I can bring it back to life, it'll just be like after the count dies, then we move on to something totally different. And yes, school was a problem until about a week ago, but when I regained my time, I looked at this rp and simply couldn't bring myself to write the next chapter ^^;;[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]I'm playing[B][COLOR="Navy"] Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3[/COLOR][/B] (hence all the [COLOR="navy"]BURY MY DREAD[/COLOR] in my sig) and it's absolutely amazing. The battle system is fun, the plot is engaging, the options are actually meaningful and every little thing you do weighs heavily on all outcomes. The artstyle is simply ****ing beautiful, the anime cutscenes are wonderful, the whole Lain-esque feel drove me to even name my character "Iwakura Lain" the sountrack is probably my favirite in any game, period. J-rap techno? Hell yes. It's one of the VERY few games that I play with the sound on. Adding onto all that, though, is that it's a frightening representation of my real life. You see, right now I have a cold. It probably happened becasue I kept pulling late nighters to do homework and watch anime, and I got sick. Today, in P3, I stayed up one night studying and was farigued the next day. Despite that I went to fight in tartarus and got a cold. I slept the next night to heal myself up. then afterward I realized OH MY GOD I JUST DID THAT IN REAL LIFE!!! I relived 3 days in 45 minutes!!!![/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Bah! If I **** a robot before a person, I'm still saying I lost my virginity.[/COLOR]

[quote name='indifference'][COLOR="Indigo"]Why don't you tell us that plan and let us be the judge of whether or not it was 'boring' as you put it. Also... I'll still be posting either tonight or tomorrow. Oh and if you aren't going to further the story with the Count... Then by all means, we should suitably plan his demise. I'm sure Allamorph and the others would have some good ideas on how to go about it. :p[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]You want me to spoil the whole rp? And anyway, it's not whether you find it boring, it's that I'm bored by it. [spoiler]- Amazing fight with Count transcending universes - the Count says something about how Seras Valkyrie is behind everything and that the Shinigami are living a lie. suddenly he clutches his chest and laughs as he dies of a "heart attack". - Shinigami are all like "WTF" and the vampire girls want to follow them since they have no where to go. Aeru talks the others into letting them live because they haven't even lived a full human lifespan yet. - Shinigami have to make a choice between trying to discover the truth or going back to normal. - Suddenly, the members of the group, regardless of their decision, start getting attacked by fellow shinigami. The other shinigami don't really know why they were sent, but they are duty-bound and ruthless. - The dudes in the group are seriously fazed now and decide to hunt down the leader of Seras Valkyrie and interrogate her. - battles... PLOT TWIST HERE - After beating Seras Valkyrie they find out that the world as they know it is not as it seems, and that before there were ever shinigami, humans who died would move on to the next stage of life in faraway galaxies. However, the organization of heaven created shinigami to reap the souls of humans sending them to 'heaven' which is in fact a way of harvesting their souls for (insert maniacal purpose here) - At this point the Shinigami have unanimously decided that they have to kill "God" himself. - There is a crazy battle and all of the group ends up dying. When they die, their souls go to "heaven". In heaven, their souls are harvested, but their minds are sent into "euphoria". Each of the shinigami still knows that this is a trick, however they now must choose between escaping and fighting a possibly meaningless battle, or being allowed to experience euphoria for eternity. This is where Shinigami Dance ends, and leads into Shinigami Dance 2 (tentative title). [/spoiler][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Masturbation, people? What if you think of the robot as a person? What if they evoke the emotions in you a person would? Just because they don't reproduce, it's not called sex? EDIT: It's a bit NSFW but if your the type who calls them inhuman, then it's fine [url]http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng/1161/Orient+Industry/[/url][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]oh, yeah, stuff. Um... well, I pulled it from my sig as a way of thinking "I'll never get back to it," but the next chapter was all about fighting the count and stuff... yall can do that if you want or whatever. My original plan looks boring to me now, so I wans' tinterested, but if you don't mind everything up tll now being pointless, I can retweak the story and maybe bring this rp back >_>[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]I want nothing more than to have a robot wife. That is my absolute ultimate dream. Until then, I thought of buying those doll things and pretending it's real. I have the capacity to do so.[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]XD they've been out... saw v 1 at the store. My favorite part is how embarassingly not-manga it is XD[/COLOR]

[quote name='Revolver'][COLOR="Olive"]I hanve't read it yet, but one thing... YOU STOLEZ MY FONTS COLORSZ! :p Just kidding. EDIT; Holy. Fucking. shit. That was your best work yet. I loved the way you opned with the story. It was kind of disorienting when you dropped use into four years later and Nikki was on a bus then... STOP! And so on, so forth. But I like that better than telling us every. Single. Fricken. Detail. This kind of reminds me of FF7. It had technological elements and it mixed magic within it which made a wonderful story. I'm not broken that there's no sex. The fact that Nikki is married to a girl turns me on enouugh. Be enough about my fetishes. Oh I like the Nikki Owen backwords reference in the story. Ya know Co&Ca's song Junesong Provision. Newo Ikken, yeah gave it away as soon as I read it. :/ I can't wait to see the villains and other characters you will have in this tory. Plus the violance - that I'm sure you will bring - will be epic.[/color][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]Newo Ikkin - story Claudio's gf, nikki owen - real Claudios gf. In the shabutie songs, he still says 'Nikki'. The line 'Farewell Nikki' is repeate in the song Deciple's Anthem, hence the chapter title. Yeah, the final fantasy games are Steampunk as well. The biggest proprietor of that is Final Fantasy 9 though I think I'll be more in the range of FF7-8 with my style. As for villains - well see, this story is actually meant to have more of a calm feel, like a slice-of-life story - or basically, like Kino's Journey. You'll start to see what I mean in the 3rd or 4th chapter. There were a lot of different plans I had for the escape. The first was where he steals a military vehicle from a train car, then when I had her on the bus, I was going to make her threaten the passengers with her shotgun (yes, she has a shotgun on her at all times, a Benelli M3). However, I didn't want to make the first chapter violent like the prologue and give people the wrong idea. However, Sopie will obviously be something badass later on :p[/COLOR]

[quote name='Aaryanna'][COLOR="goldenrod"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Sorry, but you're wrong. There are companies out there that put songs up for people to listen to that are legit. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/user/warnerbrosrecords"][U]Warner Bros. Records[/U][/URL] They're the official channel for Warner Bros., Reprise, Sire, Warner Nashville, and Nonesuch Records. So saying everything on youtube is uploaded illegally is incorrect. Just thought I'd point that out. :p[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]>_> I was kind of hoping no one would bring that up. [/COLOR]

[color=Navy]^^;; it occurs to me that there are certain things I know that no one else knows which I don't realize no one else knows XD. I did intend, though, for the first chapter not to make much sense - I obviously haven't even touched the backstory here. I just don't want to do this in a boring, linear way - when you read the next chapter, you'll be very glad I did it this way, lol. There are obviously numerous mysteries - why is Cassandra now being called Nikki, married to a woman, and registered as a man? how did she get to be a military officer? What the fucks up with May 3rd? Why did Nikki use magic? If it doesn't make sense then it means i didn't explain it yet, and that means I simply don't want you to know yet :p. I admit, though, that I hadn't calculated the lack of magic shown thus far. As a future note, PoB is a steampunk novel with both sci-fi and fantasy elements. There's some kingdoms that thrive on the purely arcane, while others are technological wonders.[/color]

[COLOR="Navy"]New Blue is not the title of this story, but it is the only way to get rid of the confusion if I had called this "Princess of Blue." You see, this was originally a story that was 90% porn with some rather boring characters and a plot that didn't seem to go anywhere. Well, the basic story is one I still want to use, so I salvaged what I could of the old story and used it as a prologue for this entirely different story. If were reading the original PoB, the prologue should look familiar as the first real chapter of the old story. However, the rest of it is all brand new. This is NOT porn - there will be no sex so take it out of your mind right now. Also, I would like to ask that if you read my story, PLEASE comment on each chapter that you read. If I don't receive commentary on my stories, I abandon them, and Revolver doesn't count because he loves everything I write. So remember, comments and criticism, no matter how minor, are ALWAYS appreciated!!! [CENTER][B] Princess of Blue ~New Blue~ By: Conrad "Digital Boy" Collins[/B] [B]Prologue[/B][/CENTER] For a very long time, the kingdom of blue and the kingdom of red have been at peace. Ever since Queen Blue and King Red got married, the kingdoms have become like one. The heirs to both kingdoms are the young princesses Cassandra and Sophie Dredg. Our story begins on the day of Princess Cassandra's 16th birthday while the princess and the queen prepare for the ceremony. In her room, Princess Cassandra pouts over having to wear frilly clothes, and wonders if her sister Sophie, who lives in the Red Kingdom, will show up and cause a fuss. [CENTER]***[/CENTER] Sophie Dredg strode quietly through the front door of the Castle of Blue. Peering through the red tint of her sunglasses, her gaze encompassed all parts of the chamber. Centering the room, as expected, was a massive staircase leading to the rooms of the royal family, and the large room was dotted with doors along it?s walls. Her five inch plat formed boots tapped along the ground as she slowly advanced into the room. The candy-cane colored socks which climbed her thin legs rubbed against each other as she strode. Frilly lace decorated the bottom of her skirt which reached halfway down her thigh, decorated by a swirling pattern. Her left hand rested on the bit of skin between her skirt and her long-sleeve, button up shirt. Over her shoulder rested a purse and around her neck a bold red tie. To fend against the winter temperature, she wore crimson mittens and earmuffs with headphones built into them. [I]~And she's buying the Stairway to Heaven~[/I] Surely her sister was on her way downstairs. Her naive, foolish sister, bound to the rules of society. Just a simple girl, living in the world of a teenager, thinking she?s unique. Sophie would have to show her the truth. Within a holster at her side rested a magnum. Above, from the hallway upstairs, she heard a door opening. From her pocket, she unwrapped a piece of gum and put it in her mouth. No emotion could be shown. Cassandra wouldn?t be able to see the sadness of a young woman who had shot her own father in his sleep. [CENTER]?[/CENTER] Trusting his master's word to be dressed in a moment, Gary, a servant of the Castle of Blue, was making his way down the stairs. He began to descend, but stopped, catching sight of Sophie below. [B]?Ah! Miss Sophie, you have arrived.? [/B]As he spoke, the door to Cassandra?s room opened behind him. [B]?Miss Cassandra will be right with you.?[/B] Sophie nonchalantly pulled out her gun. Gary?s face turned to confusion and shock. [B]?Um? M-miss Sophie, what are you-? [/B]he was cut off as a bullet pounded into his forehead. An air-piercing scream shot from above. Cassandra watched with ultimate fear as Gary fell to the ground in a flurry of red. She rushed to him, finding him completely without consciousness. [B]"Oh my god... oh my god!!!" [/B]she kept repeating. In a state of what seemed like impermeable calmness, Sophie casually began ascending the stairs towards her sister, who was breathing heavily and crying. Cassandra noticed her sister, but couldn?t manage to form any words [B]?Where?s mother?? [/B]Sophie asked. With a snap, Cassandra shot from her shock into extreme anger. Jumping up, she grabbed Sophie by the collar and throttled her against the rail of the staircase. [B]?What the fuck have you done?!?[/B] Sophie didn?t flinch, and Cassandra didn?t know what to do. She fell to her knees, stretched herself across the stairs, and lay there crying. Sophie continued. [CENTER]?[/CENTER] Behind the shades, tears welled in Sophie?s eyes. [I]No. No I said I wouldn?t care if he was gone.[/I] It was getting to her? she remembered how Gary had been friendly to her as a child. [I]No! No, this is more important! [/I]Taking a deep breath, she marched up the stairs. At first she wondered how the gunshots had not alarmed the queen, but she remembered that the queen's room was entirely soundproof because of the loud music Cassandra listened to. Sophie shot the knob off the door of the Queen's room. Another scream came from behind as Cassandra heard the gunshot. Kicking the door open, Sophie immediately pointed her gun into the room, ready to crack off a shot immediately. Queen Sapphire was standing in front of her dresser, wearing an extravagant gown. As she turned towards Sophie, the makeup she was applying fell to the floor. Her face fumed with anger. [B] ?Put down that gun! what do you think you're doing to your own mother?!?[/B] [B] ?I won?t fall for that again. I?m not your puppet,? [/B]Sophie said, biting back rage. [B]?Go ahead and pull the trigger! You?ll go to prison, just like anyone else!?[/B] Sophie removed her sunglasses. Like two balls of fire, her eyes radiated with pure hatred. [B]?I don?t care,? [/B]she pulled the trigger and the Queen?s blood splattered against the wall behind her. Sophie panted for a moment, realizing the weight of what she?d just done. There was no turning back. With belated footsteps, she journeyed back down the hall, re-equipping her sunglasses. Cassandra was still on the stairs crying. [B] ?Mother? she?s dead isn?t she?!? [/B]Cassandra cried. [B]?Yes.?[/B] [B] ?WHY?! What are you going to do?!?[/B] [B] ?Someone broke in. They assaulted and killed the queen and kidnapped you. I managed to hide until it all tided over. Meanwhile an accomplice to the criminal killed my father. Don?t ask any questions, I?ve eliminated all variables. After the funeral I?ll be the queen.?[/B] [B]?I don?t understand!!!? [/B]Cassandra curled into a ball and sobbed intensely, [B]?It doesn?t always happen like on TV. Sometimes you don?t get an explanation.? [/B]With a snap of her fingers, Sophie summoned two men dressed in black to her side. [B]?Take her away.? [/B]The two men rushed over a grabbed the princess by the arms. She screamed and kicked and tried to bat them away [B] ?Hey! No! What are you going to do to me?!? [/B]One of the men pistol whipped her and knocked her unconscious, then they dragged her back to the car and loaded her in the trunk. One of the men, wearing a finely pressed tuxedo, approached Sophie. [B]"Satisfied?"[/B] [B]?I had to make her die with my own hands. Get everyone in here and start setting up the scenario. We have about an hour before the ceremony was meant to be, and then everyone?s attention will be turned here. Cassandra has to be at least out of the kingdom by them. Remember, she is to be dumped off in White kingdom, the worse the alleyway you dump her in, the more you get paid.?[/B] With a salute, the man left her side. Sophie removed her sunglasses and stared at the castle. [B] ?Once she sees the world like I do, that?s when we can rule together. See you in hell, sister.?[/B] [B][CENTER][SIZE="3"]Chapter One: Farewell Nikki[/SIZE][/CENTER][/B] [B][U]~FOUR YEARS LATER~[/U][/B] No soldier aboard the train would have dared to stare through the window on their way home, were this a normal day. The dramatic transition from the beautiful, clean countryside of Silver Kingdom's rural escape to the polluted, dark, ugly slums of their home in White Kingdom was nothing short of depressing. However, for one Nikki Onew, this day was far from normal. Back at home, his wife was finishing preparations for their journey, and he was anxious to get back home more-so than any other man on that train. His eyes were glued to window as the train chugged for hours on end. The hours were biting when every minute felt like an eternity between him and his home. Nikki pushed his shoulder-length blue hair behind his ears, only to let it down again minutes later, and repeat this process incessantly. There was an easily notable difference in appearance in him from his compatriots, all of whom had long, white hair done back in ponytails. In addition, their skins were all dark while Nikki Onew had skin that was nearly pale. The biggest thing that set Nikki apart from his fellow soldiers, though, was that he happened to be a woman. The others, who knew her, were aware of this, and without question they must have been shocked or dismayed by this, but Nikki also had a means of getting around these prying suspicions. Around her body she wore a silver cloak, as well as a puffy silver hat on her head. These were clear signs of a high military rank that told everyone else to avoid confrontation with her. And so, Nikki's ability to be a female soldier in a kingdom where such a thing was illegal went without question. It also went without question that, in a kingdom where being unmarried was looked down upon, she would have a wife. Triela Onew, formerly Triela Ria, was another white-haired, dark-skinned citizen of White Kingdom who lived at home in an apartment somewhere in the infinite slums that made up White Kingdom. Triela was a bit of an odd detail herself. All the time that Nikki was away, she'd pine over her return, and the only thing which stopped her from begging Nikki desperately to leave the military was the fact that there was no other choice. In White Kingdom, there were very little ways of life. Only men went to school, and they trained not in academics, but in military prowess. When they became of reasonable age, they were forced to join the military - there were no alternatives. The women of White Kingdom only had two choices; to become married, or to be poor. In actuality, everyone in White Kingdom would be considered poor. All living expenses were given by the government, and their giving was sparse. Even those who had husbands in the military lived in nothing more than apartments. However, those without would have no choice but to struggle to survive, possibly by selling their bodies or committing robbery. No one in White Kingdom knew of a time in which life was not led this time - their recorded history only went as far back as when they were forced taken over by the Silver Kingdom and forced into fighting the infinite war that raged between themselves and Gold Kingdom. However, Nikki Onew knew what it was like to live in a peaceful kingdom. For years she had plotted how she could finally show Triela a life without fear. She wanted desperately to give her a life she deserved - where she shared rights equal with everyone and lived in conditions that could even be considered reasonable. Mostly through the notes they sent to each other, due to their long times apart, the pair had hatched out a plan. After an hour that could have passed as a day, had it moved the sun a little more, the train was finally pulling into the station. In droves, the soldiers poured out into the station - ready to get home to their families that couldn't have trespassed on this military property. Waiting outside was the next transport - a fleet of buses, each designated a region of the city, was waiting. Only very, very few of White Kingdom owned cars, and they were only military generals. Along with the others, Nikki packed onto her respective bus and began the much quicker, but equally antagonizing ride home. Very soon, her plan would be put into motion. It wasn't a particularly grandiose plan, nor one that would require much effort; yet the reward was the exact opposite. Most importantly, if something went wrong, it wouldn't cause much of a disturbance at all. As the bus was just about to pass the place where she lived, Nikki suddenly jolted from her seat and cried [B]"STOP THE BUS!!!" [/B]In a state of shock, the driver immediately slammed his foot on the break and the bus screeched to an uncomfortable pause. The eyes of everyone on-board turned immediately to the back, and all at once, their expressions gaped. [B]"FIRE!!!"[/B] Ten voices called at once realizing that the back of the bus had been set ablaze. Trying to remain calm, but with a strong pull of urgency, everyone rose from their seats and filed off the bus at maximum speed, starting with the especially paranoid driver who had never dealt with any kind of dangerous situation before. When the last man had gotten off of the bus, Nikki dashed to the front, verifying that the keys were still in place. The fire was a mere spell that would wear off in half a minute. Across the street, on the opposite side of the bus, a young woman had crept up to the bus and snuck around the side. The moment she slid through the door and the first soldier took notice, they were already closed. [B]"Hey!" [/B]Someone called. [B]"What the hell?!" [/B]In the drivers seat, Nikki Onew pressed her foot on the gas while Triela made a face at the soldier just before the vehicle sped off. The group of soldiers were left in awe of what was going on as the bus barreled off into the distance. [B]"H-hey.... Hey, that's my bus!!!" [/B]The driver began to have a fit while everyone else, realizing that they were already in the neighborhood, took off to their houses. [B][CENTER]***[/CENTER][/B] [B]"Agh! I'm trying to drive, knock it off!" "How can you say that?! It's been so long!!!" "We're gunna crash, I don't know how to drive a bus!" "Even if we crash, I'll be happy to have seen you again before I die!" "Idiot, the whole point is that we liveOHMYGODGETOUTOFTHEROAD!!!!!"[/B] Nikki brought the bus, moving at around 60 MPH to a stop that almost flipped the thing on it's side just before hitting a man who stood dead in the middle of the road. Triela peeked over Nikki's shoulder from behind and her face lit up even more. [B]"It's May 3rd!" [/B]The man outside wore baggy black paints with chains hanging from them, and an open leather jacket that showed off his impressive build. Unlike the men on the train, his hair was short and disheveled. [B]"Does he know about what we're doing?" [/B]Nikki asked, staring down at the man with an expression of annoyance. [B]"Of course! I told him we were going to leave this place behind, and he congratulated us and said his goodbyes... maybe he wants to tell you directly, though?" [/B]The man came over to the door of the bus and knocked on the glass. Almost reluctantly, Nikki let the door open for the man's cheerful voice. [B]"Looking for someone who can drive a bus?" "No."[/B] [B] "Nikki! Are you sure?"[/B] [B]"We don't need him with us. He will only be detrimental when we need to conserve everything we can."[/B] [B] "But isn't it true that three hunters undoubtedly fetch more kill?" [/B]His voice was smooth and charismatic. [B] "Two hunters is enough." [/B]Nikki's replies were blunt and annoyed. [B]"Wait, Nikki, listen." [/B]Triela spoke with urgency. Nikki had found it wise to listen to her when she took herself seriously. While she could act childish when elated, Triela was remarkably intelligent, and understood the world much better than Nikki. "[B]I'm really worried about this journey, okay? While i will lead to a fulfilling end, there will be a lot of hardships along the way, especially in a case like this. Even if we push as hard as we can, it would be nearly impossible for two people to make it, and you know this. I know that it's better to die trying than never try at all, but if you do try, you have to be smart about it. Having May on our team can only help us right?"[/B] Nikki was silent, and stared downward. Triela continued, [B]"May, I know you'll dedicate yourself to our goal and be willing to give up your life for us, right?"[/B] May ascended the stairs and stood before Nikki, placing his hand on her shoulder. She looked up into his face, where his eyes were sincere and trusting. [B]"I'll do anything to help, so please let me come along." [/B]Nikki closed her eyes. [B]"Fine."[/B] [B]"YAY!"[/B] Triela and May high-fived. [B]"Why don't you let me take the wheel? I've had experience with driving a bus before - you two should head on back and get re-aquainted."[/B] Hours passed, and Nikki slept with her head resting on Triela's lap. The adoring wife petted her younger husband's head and smiled at her cute sleeping face. The moon was in the sky and the hum of the bus' engine resonated through the air. Triela worried if anyone was following them - or even if anyone knew what'd happened. Part of her ruled that they could escape with absurd ease, while the other wondered if they'd be arrested by morning. [B]"You should get to sleep, too. We'll operate in rounds - I'll drive 18 hours, then Nikki drives while I sleep. On this tank of gas we should make it a good 24 hours - these bus routes are easy to navigate so I'll probably figure out the pattern of the gas-stations by the time we need to refill." [/B]Triela nodded, half paying attention while being distracted by Nikki's breath on her legs. [B]"You love her more than anything, don't you?"[/B] May 3rd asked, glancing back. The reply was spoken softly but boldly. [B]"I'd die for her."[/B][/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]And to youtube users - do note that every single song you listen to on there was uploaded there i-l-l-e-g-a-l-l-y. After all, youtube policy says not to upload that crap, and they really work hard deleting as much as they can, though they honestly suck at it. [/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]I honestly can't see it as 'wrong', though. I mean... if that's the only way to hear the song without paying money for it, then ****, I'm not paying money for it, because I don't even know what it is. In my opinion, it's absolutely stupid to pay for something that you don't know what you're getting, and in a lot of cases, downloading is the only way to go. Now, at that point, one of a few things might happen. If you don't like it, you won't buy it, obviously, and yo'll probably delete it. There's nothig wrong with that, OBVIOUSLY. Why? Because if you HAD bought it and you DIDN'T like it than the aritst was robbing YOU. Now here's another thing. If you've downloaded it, liked it, now are you going to buy it? I mean, in most cases, you have to go buy the album, so you should at least download as much of the album as you need to know exactly what you're getting. But at that point, are you really going to buy what you already have? In some cases, yeah, of course. I just downloaded 3 songs off of the coming album by The Mars Volta (see: sig quote) and I now I'm buying it regardless (even if I hadn't heard those songs, lol). But lets take an album like... Mogwai's Mr. Beast (which I do own, BTW). If I had downloaded that album, I would have liked it, and like I do now, listened to it occasionally whenever I please. However, would I have bought it? No. Because I don't like it quite THAT much. Now tell me, if I wouldn't have bought it anyway, is it wrong for me to have downloaded it? How can I rob someone of money I wouldn't have given them anyway? For some people, who download music they love, and still don't buy it, they obviously had no intent of buying it at all. So, really, who's being robbed anyway? The only people who are going to pay artists are people who intend to pay artists or don't know how to get around paying them. What's the intelligent choice on the part of the music industry? I think they should set up some kind of system for it. And I don't mean no goddamn itunes song-for-a-dollar ********. When it comes to dowloads, there should be a trial. They let you listen to it a certain number of times, and you can decide if you liked it, and want to buy it, or if you thought it wasn't really worth buying. And I don't mean some 3-listens-******** either. They should give enough times to REALLY know i you like the song - 10 at the least. Wth 10 listens, you know if it's a song you want to contribute money to for the sake of being able to hear it any time at your leisure, or if you're fine with the number of times you've heard it (or even think that you've heard it too many times XD) and don't want to buy it.[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]LUNOX DOESN'T UNDERSTAND MOE!!!! Do me a favor and research Tsundere and yandere and then go watch Kanon, Kino's Journey, Gunslinger Girl, Neon Genesis Evangelion (the ORIGIN of moe), Mai-HiME, and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (just to name a few) then come back to me if you still have such contrived thoughts about moe. Also, Rach, go watch Ninja Ressurection. If you don't hate that, you aren't human.[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Okay. Lets just clariffy this so that everyon here in our ever-raging discussions can have a real idea of what exactly we're all obsessing over so that we can see it in plain sight and not try to guess around. Amber streams from sol are NOT UNLIKE THE WAVES. [B]Top Tier - Nonstop awesome[/B] 1. The Mars Volta 2. Agalloch 3. Shabutie/Coheed and Cambria Top Tier Overview: The Mars Volta, in my opinion, is far above over bands as simply the most creative and amazing musical experience out there. There's reeally nothing that can even be compared to them. Their music goes beyond transcendence of genre into a universe that is simply "Volta". They've never written a bad album, and their technical and spiritual prowess is unmatched. Agalloch is amazing, pure and simple. They evoke more emotion in their music than anything I've ever heard, and they write songs that are purely magical. Between Falling Snow and Not Unlike the Waves is an untouchable void that stands above any other song ever written, period. Coheed is a bit of a mixed bag, which for anything else would have knocked them out of the top spot. However, the things that they write which are truly excellent are just that. Their first album is one of my favorite albums of all time and then we get to Shabutie, which is one of the more unique musical experiences, and one of the only things I've ever heard where the lyrical and vocal addition actually enhance the music. I like things dark and unique and Shabutie delivers. [B]High Tier - Mostly awesome[/B] 1. Dredg 2. Pearls and Brass 3. Opeth 4. Tool 5. Isis Dredg is on the list mostly due to their first album, Leitmotif, which, while short, is an amazing experience thasat is really incomperable to anything. However, due to it's tiny length it gets tiring easily and so I have actually listened to El Cielo more. El Cielo is great, half of it being amazing and the other half rather monotonous. this band might have made top-tier if their third album wasn't god-awful. Pearls and Brass is the god-band of riffage. If they had more than just one album (available) they might have the push to make it higher, although it's more just because I only get to hear the one occasionally. Opeth are an amazing transitional band who's albums Ghost Reveries and Damnation blow me away, but unfortuanetally their other albums just aren't really my style - they're so dark it eats your soul. However the music I do like I love and their deserve to be recognized. Tool and I haven't met very much lately because my 2 favorite albums are trapped on my old computer where I almost never get to hear them, however, it's always a beautiful reminder of how good music gets when I get to hear them again. It sucks that 10000 Days is pretty lame, but man I really need to go retrieve those other albums. Isis's 3 post-metal albums are all brilliant, epecially Oceanic. Their music doesn't leave to much of an impact on me, but it makes the best kind of background music. [B]Low Tier - I like one album, but not so much any other. Even so, that one album is less circulated than above bands.[/B] 1. Dream Theater - Train of Thought 2. Ayreon - The Human Equation 3. Mastodon - Blood Mountain 4. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses 5. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil 6. Mindless Self Indulgence (I like a lot of random songs) [B]Honorable Mentions[/B] 1. Rush (2112 and some other sings are brilliant) 2. Gorillaz (I don't listen as much any more, see: Tool, but I've enver stopped liking them) 3. Queens of the Stone Age (I only know their latest album, and I haven't spent enough time with it, but it's excellet nonetheless) 4. Mogwai 5. Dragonforce 6. Bad Acid Trip Okay, so here's [B]the most important section.[/B] These are the bands that I absolutely love to the point that they would be in one of the highest tiers if it wasn't for something holding them back. In most cases, it's the fact that I only know 4-5 of their songs, or can't find an album anywhere. Remember: I probably like some of these more than half the bands above. 1. Ensiferum 2. The Sound of Animals Fighting 3. Primordial 4. Amon Amarth 5. Blind Guardian 6. Maps and Atlases 7. Russian Circles 8. Woods of Ypres I listen to lots of other crap that doesn't make it - even these lists were all pretty forgiving. [/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Rach, you ought to do what I did and train your ears. I used to HATE screaming utterly, even light growling. It took a lot of effort to be able to tolerate screaming. I think the band who helped the most in the transition was Isis - the screams are barely audible over the simply amazing music and I managed to learn to appreciate the emotion that can be brought from screams sometimes. Agalloch helped in that respect especially, because the screams actually enhance the musical experience. I still can't stand most categories of screams, but I've come to accept them a LOT more. [/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Copied from my music blog~ Coheed and Cambria just put their new album, Good Apollo I?m Burning Star IV, Volume 2: No World For Tomorrow on their myspace: THE WHOLE THING!!! [url]http://www.myspace.com/coheedandcambria[/url] So far I?m only on the 3rd track (2nd song) but it?s already got a lot of potential and might be better than the less-than-savory volume one. No World For Tomorrow was a surprising break from the usual, being an epic song completely different from the style of IKSOSE:3 and Welcome Home. The second song blows away every Ten Speed variant featured on the whole of Volume one as well XD. The next song, Feathers, reminds me of the weirdness of IKSOSE:3, and the Running Free (complete with awesome video of Claudio in toilet XD) is like a mix of Volume One and Shabutie, which is quite interesting. Mother Superior is unfortunately a pretty boring epic ballad. It?s like the Seize the Day of this album XD (for those who don?t know, it?s that really lame A7X song). Gravemakers and Gunslingers may be the heaviest song that Coheed has ever recorded complete with heavy riffs, fast-paced solos mixed with that classic Coheed epic. Listening to Justice in Murder, it occurs to me that the theme of this album is generally to take the sound of Volume One and make it far more heavy, which is great because the biggest fault of Volume One was trying to sound like some cheesy pop music. Justice in Murder sounds like a volume one song, which is a flaw in a way, but it?s so much heavier. Next are the 5 ?The End Complete? tracks, the first being a 1 minute insert track. II - Radio Bye Bye is unfortunately a total volume one track, and in addition rather boring. It sounds almost just like ?Once Upon Your Dead Body? toward the end. III - the End Complete (worst song name EVER) is pretty good. Like the Willing Well I and II, it has some really great parts as well as some meh parts, but all around it?s quite epic and channels Shabutie for a portion of it. I can?t really comprehend why, but for some reason IV - The Road and the Damned completely feels like a cheesy movie song. Like a Disney movie but with 100% more power ballad. Or maybe it?ll be the super-sad ?looking-back? scene before the climax in the Coheed story. Either way it?s pretty damn corny, which serves to hurt it. As expected of the last song on a Coheed album, V- On the Brink is absolutely ****ing epic. It starts off with this great verse tat reminds me of The Real Folk Blues or Stairway to Heaven or something, then gets into the really weird heavy part before rounding off with a continuation of the solo from The Final Cut. All around, it?s pretty damn awesome, and I?d say that overall, I may be calling No World for Tomorrow better than From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, but I?ll spend more time with it before making any sweeping statements. [/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Is it not true that you enjoy Naruto? In which case, stupid anime is entirely YOUR FAULT. Anyway, I want to fix a LOT of dumb anime, though if I had to start somewhere, I'd erase all internet databases containing anything about Naruto or Inuyasha or any other such shows, then collect all merchandise and fans of these shows and burn them in a massive bonfire :animesigh[/COLOR]

[quote name='jjax13']:animesweaOK It's my first time cosplaying and i choose to cosplay as bridget from guilty gear but i am in need of some help. I was wondering if any one had any helpful hints for someones first adventure into cosplaying?:animesmil[/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]This might be off topic, but I'm curious as to whether you're a boy or girl :p.[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Seeing your new banner, Jake, I finally decided to check out your Gallowbraid myspace and holy ****! You kick serious as dude! I never thought I'd be able to actually know someone and be a fan of them, but seriously, you can chalk me up as one of your official fans! What city do you live in? I gotta see ya live sometime![/COLOR]

[quote name='Revolver'][COLOR="Olive"]My ego isn't the only thing I'm stroking. Why do you have to make fun of me Allamorph? Did I do something to you? And yeah, I'm making a dork oughta myself. But hey, I've [I]always [/I]been a dork. Just on OB I'm a [I][B]humiliating [/B][/I]dork.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrange"] True, but OB would be 100% less fun without you. Heck, I wouldn't come here >_> lol, come here....[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"][CENTER][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/Mirainikkicover.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_Nikki]Mirai Nikki[/url] is a psychological action manga that is none short on the CRAZY. The main character doesn't get along well with others, and is obsessed with chronicling his life through a diary on his cellphone. At home, he enjoys playing darts to predict his day, and in his room he curls up in a blanket and talks to his imaginations. (also, his mom is never around) One of his imaginations is a giant being known as Deus ex Machina who is the master of time and space. The other is his little girl assistant. Deus loves to think of crazy games to play with human life and decides to throw our main character into one. On another note, there seems to be a spree of brutal killings going around near his school. When he wakes up, the main character finds that his cellphone diary now tells him his future. Using these predictions, he finds he can alter his future and even use it to get test answers. (However, if the phone is to break, he will die). For a while he's really enjoying how this has enhanced his life. However things get trippy when he finds out that the girl who's basically the school idol is stalking him. His phone tells him that he is caught by the killer and murdered. Freaking out, he runs from the school with the girl hot on his heels. Some stuff happens, and basically it turns out that the crazy girl is in love with him and that her cell phone tells her his future 10 minutes in advanced. She points out that the killer is another man who is tailing them that also has a phone that tells the future. There are a number of people with these phones and whoever is the last one standing will become the new Deus ex Machina. And when people's phones are broken THEY IMPLODE. So, Mirai Nikki is totally awesome. They had me at Deus ex Machina and didn't let go throughout the first chapter. The amount of mental WTF is simply perfect. [/COLOR]

[quote name='Revolver'][COLOR="Olive"]Hey, I get naked too, but that isn't that disgusting. As long as DB's naked body isn't full of hair and bugs. >_> Ya know, I'm just going to shut up about that. I've already done the 5-knucle suffle 3 tiems today. Today feels like a good day.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [COLOR="DarkOrange"]It's one thing to talk about it, but a whole 'nother to talk about how many times. And damn, you've gotten a lot in for it being so early. Bored, eh? Also, '5 nickle shuffle' just sounds silly XD How bout 'I've already popped off 3 caps today' or something?[/COLOR]